From E-NED:Erroneous form of nithing, originating in the early printed text (1596) of William of Malmesbury, by misreading niðing as nid'ing (= nidering). The modern use of the word is due to Sir Walter Scott who used nidering in Ivanhoe in 1819.

From: A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing.By William Somner.The Second Edition, 1726Proposition III.P. 65